Originally posted by paradocs:
They work very hard and long hours. I have taken 1 or 2 cruises per year for the last 4 years. Each and every attendant working for tips has earned it. They have been gracious and have considered my comfort above all else.
That's what they are employed to do. If tips are optional, they are for exceptional service, above the level expected. What you've described is people doing their job.
If tips are not optional, they should be included in a published charge, as indeed happens in some situations.
By tipping in more and more circumstances, you are just encouraging these unscrupulous employers to pay lower and lower wages. Will Americans end up tipping FAs? Pilots? Checkout-chicks? Everybody they ever meet in the context of receiving goods or services?
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